Programs

Distinguished seminar series

IBSI supports a distinguished seminar series presenting leaders in the field of integrative biology and related topics from within biology, medicine, engineering or computation. A seminar series will commence after the official launch of the institute on 1 February 2008. The distinguished speaker at this launch event will be Professor Douglas Lauffenburger of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Confirmed speakers include:
Dr. Raimond Winslow (Johns Hopkins): March 28, 2008
Dr. Ana Rute Neves (ITQB Institute for Biotechnology, Portugal): April 11, 2008
Dr. Andrew Murray (Bauer Center, Harvard University): September 10, 2008
Dr. John Reinitz (State University of New York): November 12, 2008

 

Chalk-talk series

IBSI supports a weekly meeting for interested parties to discuss ongoing research and open research questions. At these meetings, a volunteer (faculty, postdoc, student) leads the discussion on a particular topic, presents in an informal fashion (without powerpoint slides) what's known and what some of the open questions are. This presentation is followed by questions and discussions about possible solutions.

The chalk talk is being held every Wednesday during the fall and spring semester at 12:00 noon in the Klaus building, room 1116E. Lunch is served.

The schedule of discussions for the current semester is available at: http://www.ibsi.gatech.edu/chalk_talk.php

 

New!

IBSI Collaborative Graduate Student Fellowship Program

Supervision of a graduate student by two faculty from different areas is expected to foster new collaboration. Because integrative systems biology is interdisciplinary and draws from many areas of expertise, IBSI provides funds to support the sharing of graduate students.

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Please note application deadline: May 23, 2008

 

Pilot-research program

IBSI supports, on a limited basis, pilot research projects that combine in a new way the expertise of at least two faculty in different units within Georgia Tech. The typical award is about $30,000 for one year, with the possibility of extension.

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